Numerical and experimental analyses of multiple-dowel steel-to-timber joints in tension perpendicular to grain

Engineering Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2357-2367

  Xu, B H ^a   Bouchair A ^a   Taazount, M ^a   Vega, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Damage evolution; Finite element; Perpendicular to grain; Plastic criterion; Splitting strength; Three dimensional model; Timber joint

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE EVOLUTION; FINITE ELEMENT; PERPENDICULAR TO GRAIN; SPLITTING STRENGTH; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TIMBER JOINT;

PLASTICS; STEEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIMBER;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAIN BOUNDARY; MODEL VALIDATION; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; SHEAR; STEEL; TENSION; TIMBER;

DAMAGE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORESTS; JOINTS; MODELS; PLASTICS; STEEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN;

EID: 70349208826     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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